British Neo-Nazis Given Bundestag Tour by German Far-Right AfD MP

British neo-Nazis from the Homeland Party have been given a guided tour of the German Bundestag at the invitation of Steffen Kotré, a member of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which surged to second place in national elections held last month. The Homeland Party split from the

Free Tommy Coalition Shows Strain as Leader Remains Jailed

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Renauld Camus to address Homeland Conference

Homeland continues to grow, Melia released as Musk sniffs around Reform

Christmas is Cancelled for the Traditional Britain Group

Homeland Rises Up as Yaxley Lennon is Jailed

Monthly briefing - October 2024

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Patriotic Alternative Secret Conference Venue Revealed

Fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) is currently holding its secret annual conference at the Hanbury Memorial Hall which is west of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, off the A38. Australian neo-Nazi Blair Cottrell, who has expressed admiration for Hitler and claimed to have manipulated women “using violence and terror”, is due

Traditional Britain Group Secret Conference Venue Exposed

The far-right Traditional Britain Group (TBG) is currently holding its secret conference in the ballroom of the £2,000-a-night St Ermins Hotel, Caxton Street, SW1H 0QW. This is the same venue they used last year. Please let the hotel know what you think about them hosting this gathering of fascists,

Homeland Party Members Sing Racist Song at Conference

Members of the fascist Homeland Party gleefully sang a racist song in German calling for the deportation of foreigners outside their poorly attended conference in Derbyshire earlier today (📹 via source). The conference was held at Wirksworth Town Hall in the Derbyshire Dales. Although it was promoted in advance on the

Homeland Party Secret Conference Venue Revealed

The fascist Homeland Party is currently holding a secret conference at the Wirksworth Town Hall, in the market town of Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales. Speakers at the conference include fascist anti-migrant activist Steve Laws, who advocates for millions of non-white Britons to be deported, Manuel Schreiber from Alternative for

Monthly briefing - September 2024

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Monthly briefing - August 2024

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Mr.AG: The Mixed Race Finnish Neo-Nazi Behind the UK’s Race Riots

We can reveal that the Finnish neo-Nazi who encouraged the United Kingdom’s worst race riots for a century is Charles-Emmanuel Mikko Rasanen from Espoo, in southern Finland. Using the pseudonym ‘Mr.AG,’ Rasanen, who is just 20 years old, was behind widely-publicised arson threats to English immigration-related services. Unusually

Neo-Nazi who Posted Arson Threats is in Private Chats of Patriotic Alternative

We can exclusively reveal that the neo-Nazi behind widely-publicised arson threats to immigration-related services, is in the private Telegram chats of fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA). Using the pseudonym “Mr.AG” an abbreviation of “AryanizedGoebbelboo”, this Finnish neo-Nazi remains an active member of the private PA Gaming group chat on

Things to Consider When Evaluating Far-Right Threats

Over the past week we have seen social media users spreading rumours and speculation about far-right protests - sharing unattributed screenshots of callouts, or even just forwarded messages - without any corroborating evidence that the purported threat amounts to anything. It is important to try and avoid propagating rumours. While

Neo-Nazis Call for Arson Attacks on Immigration-related Charities, Advice Centres and Solicitors

A far-right Telegram group with 13,000 members is sharing a list of 39 immigration-related charities, advice centres and solicitors as targets for arson attacks on Wednesday night. The group also includes calls to murder ethnic minorities, anti-fascists and government ministers. An administrator of the group is repeatedly posting a

Convicted Neo-Nazi Terrorist was at Southport Riot

One of the far-right activists who travelled to Southport on Tuesday night was Matthew Hankinson, an unrepentant neo-Nazi terrorist, who was jailed for six years for his membership of the proscribed neo-Nazi youth group National Action (NA). Posts on Hankinson’s account on X (formerly Twitter) reveal he was present

Monthly briefing - July 2024

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Turning Point UK: Conservative Hooligans

Report: Conservative-endorsed “Youth” Group Turning Point UK Linked to Political Violence

Monthly briefing - June 2024

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Monthly briefing - May 2024

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Monthly briefing - April 2024

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Monthly briefing - March 2024

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Anti-Khan Protest to Take Place in Newham During Palestine March

Anti-ULEZ campaigners could be joined by far-right football hooligans as they descend on City Hall in Newham this Saturday for a protest against London mayor Sadiq Khan. This is the same day there is a national pro-Palestine march in central London, expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands of

“Hull Hitler” Forms Another New Far-Right Party

A new far-right party, the National Rebirth Party (NRP), has been registered with the Electoral Commision by former supporters of fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA). This is the second split from PA to be registered as a political party so far this year. The NRP’s leader is Alek Yerbury,

Leading Patriotic Alternative Organiser Jailed for Two Years

Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s Yorkshire regional organiser Samuel Melia, has been jailed for two years today in a major blow to the fascist group. Melia is the husband of PA’s deputy leader Laura Towler (real name Laura Melia) and the couple, who are expecting their second child, have been

How Close to Neo-Nazi Terrorism is the New Fascist Homeland Party?

Last month the Homeland Party (Homeland) became the first British fascist party to register with the Electoral Commission in over a decade. Homeland split from Patriotic Alternative (PA) last year, which we reported on at the time. In an inaugural meeting held on the anniversary of Hitler’s birthday, Homeland’

Britain's Newest Fascist Party are Going Viral on TikTok

Last month, the fascist Homeland Party (Homeland), the breakaway split from Patriotic Alternative (PA), scored an unexpected coup within the ethnonationalist far right. It officially registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission - something PA has failed to do for years. The fledgling party has bragged about its

Monthly briefing - February 2024

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Please Donate to Support Anti-Fascist Investigations

We want to take our investigations to the next level and to have even more of an impact - to do so we need your help to pay for server costs, travel and equipment hire. For the past year, we have worked tirelessly to expose key organisers and activists within

Far-Right Intent on Violence Following Inflammatory Statements by Leading Politicians

Tomorrow a significant number of far-right activists, from across the UK, are planning on protesting in central London and are intent on violence following inflammatory statements by leading politicians. We have seen messages in which far-right activists discuss attacking pro-Palestinian protestors, anti-fascists and ethnic minorities. These threats should be taken

Key Organiser in Homeland Party had Three Shotguns Seized by Police

A key organiser in the new fascist Homeland Party had three shotguns seized by police after we exposed him as a neo-Nazi who had shared links to terrorist manifestos.

Neo-Nazi Streamer and Patriotic Alternative activist “Yuro” Exposed as Stefan Rutland

Red Flare can reveal the identity of “Yuro” - a founding host of the now-defunct, virulently racist neo-Nazi podcast, The Absolute State of Britain (TASOB), and a key figure in fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) - as Stefan Kelvin Rutland

Neo-Nazi Homeland Party Fall Out With Cannock Anti-Migrant Protestors

Following our exposés last week, the neo-Nazi Homeland Party have been asked to leave the anti-migrant campaign in Cannock, Staffordshire by local residents and the council candidate they had been supporting. This is a major blow to their community organising. Shunned by locals, Homeland held a poorly-attended protest by themselves,

Independent Council Candidate Linked to Neo-Nazis

An ‘independent’ council candidate in next week’s local elections is an anti-Semite closely linked to neo-Nazis. David Hyden-Milakovic has helped promote anti-migrant protests - in return fascists and neo-Nazis have supported his electoral campaign. Hyden-Milakovic is standing to be an independent councillor for Cannock South in Staffordshire and has

Fascist Party Patriotic Alternative has Undergone a Catastrophic Split

Leaked audio reveals fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) has undergone a catastrophic split, with former National Administrative Officer Kenny Smith leading a faction including a majority of PA regional organisers and officers, and forming a new party called Homeland. During a meeting on Wednesday, PA leader Mark Collett made desperate

Homeland: British fascism fractures

Patriotic Alternative Wales Organiser Revealed as Jerome O’Reilly

We can reveal that fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s regional organiser for Wales is Jerome O’Reilly from Cardiff. O’Reilly was deputy head boy of Radyr Comprehensive School in Cardiff before attending the University of Bath, where he was a member of the skiing club. On Saturday, PA’

Neo-Nazi Posh Boy Behind Anti-Migrant Protest in Cannock

One of the neo-Nazis organising Saturday’s anti-migrant protest in Cannock, Staffordshire is Dylan Tonkiss from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Tonkiss is the 24-year-old son of the CEO of ‘the UK’s leading retirement home developer’ McCarthy Stone. Tonkiss is a posh boy who lives in a wealthy neighbourhood and spends

Shropshire Teaching Assistant Revealed as Fascist Activist

We can expose another member of fascist party Patriotic Alternative’s West Midlands region, who has been promoting their protest in Cannock this Saturday. Susan Chetta, from Wem, Shropshire, has been photographed at numerous PA events. Chetta claims to work as a teaching assistant in the Shrewsbury area for Shropshire

Fascists Appear on Camera at Secret Conference

Fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) held a secret conference for their members near Milton Keynes this weekend. PA’s previous conference - which was advertised in advance, with tickets available to non-vetted supporters - was disrupted after we revealed the venue.

Patriotic Alternative’s Fitness Officer Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Offences

Yesterday, Kris Kearney (aka “Charlie Big Potatoes”) plead guilty to two offences of disseminating terrorist publications. At the time of the offences, Kearney was fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s national fitness officer. Following his guilty plea, PA have published a statement attempting to minimise and distance themselves from Kearney’

Neo-Nazi from Stoke is Behind ‘Migrant Hotel’ Protests in Cannock

A neo-Nazi from Stoke-on-Trent is behind a ‘migrant hotel’ protest in Cannock, Staffordshire. Connor Ramirez Marlow is the administrator of the ‘Cannock says no to migrant hotels’ Facebook group and organiser of an upcoming protest in Cannock town centre. Originally from the market town of Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside, Marlow, who

“The Uprising Is Happening”: Patriotic Alternative Celebrate Knowsley Riot

On Friday night a protest against migrants being housed in a hotel in Knowsley, Liverpool, turned violent and a police van was set on fire. The protest followed rumours of sexual harassment by someone alleged to be a resident at the hotel. Fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) claim to have

Fascists are Promoting Protests Against Drag Events and Migrants

Fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) are currently promoting a number of protests against drag events and the housing of migrants in hotels. This Saturday, PA’s East of England region are attending a protest against a drag event at Tate Britain in Central London. On 25 February PA’s Yorkshire

Venue Revealed for Patriotic Alternative’s Secret Conference

Fascist party Patriotic Alternative is intending to hold its secret conference tomorrow at the Stirk House Hotel which is north-east of Clitheroe, Lancashire, off the A59. Please let the hotel know what you think about them hosting this gathering of neo-Nazis, racists, anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers by calling them on

Swindon Council Employee Exposed as Neo-Nazi

We can reveal that a Swindon Council employee has been leading a secret life as a neo-Nazi and recording songs expressing genocidal fantasies. Leon Mayer, of Swindon, Wiltshire, is a member of fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s South West region and a systems development officer for Swindon Borough Council.

Neo-Nazi YouTuber “The Ayatollah” Exposed as James Owens

We can reveal the identity of “The Ayatollah” - one of the UK’s leading white nationalist YouTubers and a key figure in fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) - as James Owens from Hixon in Staffordshire.

Far-Right Group Campaigns Against Children's Entertainment

Fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) is campaigning against a children’s entertainment show, Drag Queen Story Hour, currently touring libraries across the UK. The campaign plays on familar transphobic and homophobic fascist tropes of “degeneracy” and smears such events as “child abuse”. Following a leafletting campaign, PA have begun to

London-Based Anti-Migrant Activist Identified

Earlier this week, Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s ailing London branch shared a video of one of their activists trying to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers. We can reveal that this activist is Jane Lombard, a longtime resident of Dagenham in East London.

Far-Right Conference Continues at Hotel, Despite Attempts to Cancel

Shortly after 9am yesterday we informed The Villa Levens hotel that their facilities had been booked under false pretences by fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) as the venue for their national conference, as well as tweeting this information. Fascist party Patriotic Alternative is currently holding a national conference at the

Fascist Party's East Midlands Regional Organiser Unmasked

We can reveal that fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s East Midlands regional organiser, known by the online pseudonym “Anglofolk”, is 32-year-old Anthony Joseph Burrows, from a village close to Alfreton in Derbyshire. Burrows is the author of a lengthy “advanced guide” to cybersecurity, published on PA’s website, which

Patriotic Alternative’s Growing Links to Banned Neo-Nazi Terror Group

Fast-growing fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) have appointed Sheffield-based Jacob Bewick, another former supporter of proscribed neo-Nazi group National Action (NA), as “fitness officer” for their Yorkshire region. Following National Action’s proscription in 2016, Bewick has associated with Generation Identity UK and the Football Lads Alliance, before joining PA.

Fascist Party's South West Regional Organiser Unmasked

We can reveal that fascist party Patriotic Alternative’s regional organiser for the South West of England, known by the online pseudonym “OurClaire”, is 45-year-old Claire Ellis from Teignmouth, Devon. Originally from Slough, Ellis served in the navy before moving to the South West. Ellis’s journey towards the far

Livestreamers Supporting the New Fascist Party

Patriotic Talk (PT) is a small yet prolific group of far-right livestreamers and supporters of the new fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA): Chris Mitchell (“Chris Patriotic Talk”), Kris Kearney (“Charlie Big Potatoes”) and Nathaniel Bennett (“Natty”). PT’s livestreams and associated Telegram channels represent a key node within the ethnonationalist

The Grammar Schoolboy Behind Britain's “Most Racist” Podcast

Today we can reveal our research into “Nativist Concern”, a leading figure within the new fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA), and a co-host of neo-Nazi podcast The Absolute State of Britain (TASOB). Forensic analysis of social media and publicly available sources reveals that Nativist Concern is in fact Ryan Williams,

Pro-Brexit Harasser Becomes Fascist Organiser

Far-right activist James Goddard was recently named as regional organiser for north west England by the new fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA). Goddard joins a number of leading figures within PA who began their political journeys in the counter-jihad movement

Convicted Child Sex Offender Attends Fascist Party's “Family Friendly” Hikes

Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s regional organiser for London, Nicholas Hill, known by the online pseudonym “Cornelius”, took a convicted child sex offender to one of the fascist party’s “family friendly” hikes in Kent this October. The party’s deputy leader Laura Melia recently described the neo-Nazi organisation as “very

Labour Leader Confronted by Far-Right Activist on Radio Show

This morning Labour party leader Keir Starmer’s radio talk show on LBC was called by a far-right activist promoting racist conspiracy theories. This caller, introduced as “Gemma from Cambridge”, is a supporter of Patriotic Alternative (PA), the new fascist party founded by former members of the British National Party

Former Tommy Robinson Supporter is Fascist Organiser

We can reveal that fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s regional organiser for the East of England is Chris Mitchell, also known as Chris Patriotic Talk. Mitchell is the owner of Patriotic Talk, formerly TR Talk: once the largest Tommy Robinson supporter group chat on Telegram. It is now one

Green Group Revealed to be Far-Right Front

Today VICE report on our research into Local Matters. Several former members of Generation Identity UK and Ireland (GI UK), including at least one former regional leader, are behind the creation of Local Matters (LM), a new group promoting ‘anti-globalism’, ‘environmentalism’ and ‘political reform’. LM seeks to put a soft

Fascist Party's Welsh Organiser is Convicted Hooligan

We can reveal that fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA)’s regional organiser for Wales is Joe Butler, also known as Joe Marsh, a leading figure in the Pie & Mash Squad hooligan group. Butler is a violent fascist and football hooligan who was jailed in 2015 for attacking a female

Prominent Fascist Marries Former Supporter of Banned Neo-Nazi Group

The deputy leader of new fascist party Patriotic Alternative, Laura Tyrie, has married Samuel Melia, a former supporter of banned neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action. Melia is the Yorkshire regional organiser for Patriotic Alternative, having formerly stood as a candidate for For Britain. He is also responsible for the Hundred